Modern civilization, displayed in fancy showcases such as modernity and science, which the late Muhammad Qutb called, “the ignorance of the 20th century,” and Turkey's national poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy described as, "The civilized [world] is but a monster with only a single tooth left,” has manifested itself with more blood and death, more lowly atrocities and crimes against humanity than ever seen before in the entirety of the history of the world.